Culture Warrior: The Oscars Still Matter and Why That’s A Good Thing
For the first time in recent memory, I’m going into Oscar Sunday having no idea who is likely to take… Read More
February 21, 2012
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Culture Warrior: The Importance of Honoring Motion Capture Performances
The performance was so compelling, and the digital handiwork so real, that critics believed it would be a huge oversight… Read More
February 14, 2012
Culture Warrior: The First Oscar-Worthy Same Sex Kiss and The Academy’s Blurry Vision of History
The Oscar montage reel is a genre on its own. It’s transparently demonstrative of the overall function of the Academy… Read More
February 7, 2012
Culture Warrior: George Lucas’s Problem of Mass Appeal
A week and a half ago, Anthony Hemingway’s Red Tails was released. On the surface, the film breathes Hollywood oxygen… Read More
January 31, 2012
Culture Warrior: How the 70s Proved Mass-Marketing Wasn’t the Only Way to Make Movies
As much as I admire the incomparable films made during the era, New Hollywood (the term referring to innovative, risk-taking… Read More
January 24, 2012
Culture Warrior: Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ and the Death of Celluloid
The self-reflexive practices of the meta-film take various forms. On the one hand, there’s the legacy of cinephilic directors from… Read More
November 29, 2011
Culture Warrior: Surviving the Bizarre Fandom and Blood Slurpees of a ‘Breaking Dawn’ Midnight…
Culture Warrior: Surviving the Bizarre Fandom and Blood Slurpees of a ‘Breaking Dawn’ Midnight ShowingWhen I purchased my ticket for the… Read More
November 22, 2011
Culture Warrior: ‘J. Edgar,’ the Limitations of Biopics, and Eastwood’s Politics
Warning: This post contains spoilers about J. Edgar.For the past few years, I haven’t been much of a fan of Clint… Read More
November 15, 2011
Culture Warrior: Occupy Hollywood
One of the great misconceptions about Hollywood is that it is a liberal institution. Several false assumptions inform this misconception:… Read More
November 8, 2011